Databases for off-campus alumni access

A small set of our databases are available to alumni from off-campus, and these are listed here. Most of our databases are licensed so that only current students, faculty, and staff may access them off-campus, but you may access these databases in person at one of the library's desktop computers.

To access these databases from off-campus you must use your UWin Account, which all alumni are entitled to have.
American Film Scripts Online
Contains over 1,000 scripts by over 1,000 writers together with detailed, fielded information on the scenes, characters and people related to the scripts. In addition, the database includes scanned images for more than... Connect
Annual Reviews
Systematic, periodic examinations of scholarly advances in the fields of Biomedical Sciences, Physical Sciences and Social Sciences through critical authoritative reviews. The comprehensive critical review not only... Connect
Asian American Drama
Contains 252 plays by 42 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. Some 50% of these plays have never been published before. The database... Connect
Audio Drama: The L.A. Theatre Works Collection
More than three hundred important dramatic works from the premiere radio theatre company in the U.S. Connect
Black Drama - 1850 to Present
Contains approximately 1200 plays by 200 playwrights, together with detailed, fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies, and more. The database also includes selected playbills,... Connect
Black Thought and Culture
Contains 1,297 sources with 1,098 authors, covering the non-fiction published works of leading African Americans. Where possible the complete published non-fiction works are included, as well as interviews, journal... Connect
British and Irish Women's Letters and Diaries
The immediate experiences of approximately 500 women, as revealed in over 100,000 pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly than ever... Connect
Cairn Journals
Over 150 French and Belgian journals in human and social sciences, from Economics, Politics, Public affairs, Sociology, Education, Psychology, History to Geography and more. Connect
Canadian Science Publishing
Canadian Science Publishing (CSP) is Canada's largest publisher of international scientific journals. Formerly known as National Research Council (NRC) Research Press, CSP publishes 24 journals. Connect
CANSIM (Statistics Canada via CHASS)
Is Statistics Canada's time series database. It contains 1.2 million series in 1,400 tables which cover a wide variety of social and economic aspects of Canadian life. The data collected is from Statistics Canada... Connect
China: Trade, Politics and Culture, 1793-1980
A variety of original source material detailing China's interaction with the West from Macartney's first Embassy to China in 1793, through to the Nixon/Heath visits to China in 1972-74. It also provides multiple... Connect
Classical Music in Video
More than 400 hours of streaming video and growing to 1,000 hours on music history, music appreciation, music performance, analysis, and theory from Medieval to the twenty-first century, recordings from the 1950s up to... Connect
Confidential Print: Middle East, 1839-1969
Consists of confidential print documents issued by the United Kingdom Foreign and Colonial Office since c1820. This collection covers: the Egyptian reforms of Muhammad Ali Pasha in the nineteenth century; the Middle... Connect
Defining Gender, 1450-1910
Source materials from European archives intended for researching the humanities from a gendered perspective.Defining Gender contains original source material from British and European archives for those studying history... Connect
Early Encounters in North America
Collection of primary sources of early encounters, specifically focused on present-day Canada and the United States. Contains 1,482 authors and over 100,000 pages of letters, diaries, memoirs, images and accounts of... Connect
Empire Online
Collection of primary source documents spanning the 16th through 20th centuries pertaining to colonial history, politics, culture and society.Empire Online contains a vast array of primary source documents, sourced from... Connect
Erudit journals
Full-text available to end of 2014. Érudit is the largest disseminator of French-language resources in North America. Érudit offers a centralized access to the majority of francophone publications in the... Connect
First World War
The primary source material for the study of the First World War, from personal narratives and printed books to military files, propaganda pamphlets and strong visual documents along with a range of contextual secondary... Connect
Intelex Past Masters
An interdisciplinary resource comprised of humanities and social science databases.A comprehensive resource that is comprised of humanities databases—in both original language and English translation—of... Connect
Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism
It includes entries on critics and theorists, critical schools and movements, and the critical and theoretical innovations of specific countries and historical periods. Compiled by specialists from around the world, the... Connect
Latino Literature: Poetry, Drama and Fiction
Includes poetry, fiction, and drama written in English and Spanish by of Chicano, Cuban, Puerto Rican, Dominican, and other Latin authors working in the United States. Among the gems of the collection are nearly 800... Connect
London Low Life
Colour digital images of rare books, ephemera, maps and other materials relating to 18th, 19th and early 20th century London. It is designed for both teaching and study, from undergraduate to research students and... Connect
Mass Observation Online: British Social History 1937-1972
Mass Observation was a pioneering social research organisation whose papers provide insights into the cultural and social history of Britain from 1937 to 1965. This collection covers the end of the 'Hungry Thirties... Connect
Medieval Travel Writing
A collection of manuscript materials for the study of medieval travel writing in fact and in fantasy. The main focus is accounts of journeys to the Holy Land, India and China. Featured authors include Ambassadors,... Connect
North American Immigrant Letters, Diaries and Oral Histories
Provides a unique and personal view of what it meant to immigrate to America and Canada between 1800 and 1950. Composed of contemporaneous letters and diaries, oral histories, interviews, and other personal narratives,... Connect
North American Indian Thought and Culture
Approximately 27 000 pages of text and images included are biographies, autobiographies, personal narratives, speeches, diaries, letters and oral histories. When complete IBIO will include 100 000 pages of text and... Connect
North American Women's Drama
Contains plays by many different playwrights, with detailed fielded information on related production theaters production companies and more. .Full text of plays written from Colonial times to the present by many women... Connect
North American Women's Letters and Diaries
This collection includes the immediate experiences of numerous women and contains many pages of diaries and letters. Particular care has been taken to index this material so that it can be searched more thoroughly... Connect
OECD iLibrary
Contains all the publications and datasets released by OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development), International Energy Agency (IEA), Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA), OECD Development Centre, PISA (... Connect
Project MUSE
Project MUSE provides online access to the full text of over 200 scholarly journals in the arts and humanities, social sciences and mathematics. Project MUSE covers the fields of literature and criticism, history, the... Connect
Romanticism, Life, Literature & Landscape
The access to the working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers, including Dorothy Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Thomas De Quincey and Robert Southey.... Connect
Slavery, Abolition and Social Justice, 1490-2007
A resource on trans-Atlantic slavery and abolition brings together original manuscript and rare printed material from dozens of libraries and archives across the Atlantic world. Documents are presented alongside... Connect
Theatre in Context Collection
Covers Canadian and American Theatre. It includes some 40,000 pages of major reference materials together with records to more than 30,000 plays over 57,000 people 5,400 theatres nearly 22,000 productions and 2,500... Connect
Theatre in Video
Access to videos pertaining to theatre including performances, documentaries, interviews, and more.A product of Alexander Street, Theatre in Video contains over 660 video resources featuring performances, documentaries... Connect
Twentieth Century North American Drama
Contains 834 plays by 124 playwrights, together with detailed fielded information on related productions, theaters, production companies and more. The database also includes selected playbills, production photographs... Connect
Victorian Popular Culture
Source material relating to popular entertainment in America, Britain, and Europe in the period from 1779 to 1930. Spiritualism, Sensation, and Magic explores the relationship between the popularity of Victorian magic... Connect
Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600 - 2000
Primary and secondary sources pertaining to U.S. history and U.S. women’s history between the years 1600 to 2000.Women and Social Movements in the United States 1600-2000 contains over 5,000 documents and 123... Connect
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